Internet Must Not Become "Walled Garden"

December 13, 2000 12:00 am


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WASHINGTON – High-speed access is the future of the Internet. But it will be a very different Internet if the few companies who will increasingly control the high-speed Internet access wires are allowed to decide what content we can receive or if they only permit their business partners to take full advantage of the improved technology.

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